ADMISSION

Learning about fashion

That's it in a nutshell. If you’re fascinated by fashion, creative, good at illustration and have a feel for market and fashion trends then this is the one for you. You also require a basic knowledge of product development and manufacturing to train as a Certified Product Developer of Fashion. Here’s what else you’ll need:

Admission requirements

Secondary school GCSE / A-levels or equivalent (Hauptschule/Realschule and Fachhochschulreife /allgemeine Hochschulreife in Germany)

Plus:
Good knowledge of a manufacturing environment, with either:

  • Experience as a bespoke tailor or dressmaker following completion of an apprenticeship or vocational training, or
  • Qualification as Certified Fashion Designer with 3 years of vocational training at a school of fashion and design and
    • A certificate of apprenticeship or a Chamber of Commerce examination certificate (IHK or equivalent), or
    • One year’s work experience in the garment industry
  • als Staatlich anerkannter Designer/in Mode nach 2-3jähriger Berufsfachschule für Mode und Design mit
    • Gesellenbrief oder IHK-Prüfungszeugnis

Plus:
Previous experience of illustration, creative ability.

Plus:
Applicants are required to pass an admissions test.

Application dates & deadlines 2022

Application - prefered online -  31. March 2022.

Course starting 2022

The course commences on 01. September 2022.

Required application documents

Application form, curriculum vitae in tabular format complete with passport photograph. Copies of school leaving certificate / examination results, vocational training certificates (later submission also possible), work experience and work placement references.

Admissions test

The admissions test lasts one full day and is divided into two parts. Part 1 is the written, creative section, focused mainly on production technology, nature studies, illustration and design. Part 2 is an oral exam in the presence of an examination board that may typically include questions about your motivation for application, plus you may be given some tasks to perform that require improvisation or skills of association.

Course guidance service

To make an appointment to visit the School or for personal course guidance, please contact:
info(at)modeschule.kv.bwl.de or by phone: Mon-Fri from 8am-12pm
Fon +49.711.48 90 95-0

Affiliated training institutes in Germany

The following technical colleges offer either an apprenticeship diploma or a foundation diploma as a Certified Fashion Designer:

Bruchsal

Balthasar-Neumann-Schule 2
www.balthasar-neumann-schule.de

Gießen

Willy-Brand-Schule
http://www.wbs-giessen.de/

Metzingen

Gewerbliche Schule Metzingen
http://www.gewerbeschule-metzingen.de

Radolfzell

Berufschulzentrum
http://www.bsz-radolfzell.de/

Stuttgart

Kerschensteinerschule Stuttgart
http://www.kerschensteinerschule.de/

Speyer

Berufsbildende Schule Johann-Joachim-Becher-Schule
http://www.bbs-speyer.de/portfolio-view/bfms/

Costs and funding

EUR 325 per half year
Additional teaching aids and materials, visits, excursions

BAföG und AufstiegsBAföG

State funding under the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) and the Upgrading Training Assistance Act (AufstiegsBAföG, or AFBG in English) may be available for this course. Further information and application forms are available here
www.das-neue-bafoeg.de
www.meister-bafoeg.info

It may also be possible to finance the course with a scholarship, for example from the Wilhelm Lorch Foundation.
www.wilhelm-lorch-stiftung.de